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[SourdoughStomper]

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I've been wearing glasses since I was a kid. Perhaps the 3rd grade? I have a brief dalliance with contacts about a decade ago. I liked them well enough, but it made my eyes and head feel a little funny if I looked at a computer screen for a long time while wearing them. When the lenses wore out, I didn't renew my prescription and just stick to glasses. Perhaps I will get them again someday, but I don't have an optometrist. I just order my glasses online.

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[Mewtwofan1]

My eyesight has always been good, however I did have surgery to fix a strabismus in my left eye.  If I didn't get it fixed, I would look like setup hooves. But blind in one eye...

[Mkia]

I mainly wear contacts, but I just got a new pair of glasses so I'll wear those when I don't have my contacts in.

[dashesndots]

My eyesight is *almost* perfect.  My right eye is like 20-30 or something, but my left eye makes up for it, so I have 20-20 overall. 

I always joke with the eye doctor (who always writes me a prescription just in case) that I will have to order a monocle, haha. 

[Pokeyonekenobie]

I got glasses in 2nd grade and wore them for 20 years.  I was never a candidate for laser surgery because my eyes were too bad.  Laser surgery basically sculpts your cornea so if your cornea are too thin, it will just punch holes through them--not a good alternative.  In 2009 my eye doctor told me about Varisyse.  Basically, it's permanent contact lenses.  They open up your eye, slip in the lens and sew up your eye again.  Then they can use lasik to fine tune your sight.  My prescription was -10 in one eye and -12 in the other.  It is now 20/20 and has been for about 7 years.  According to the surgeon who did my eyes, they can do Varisyse on people with a prescription of up to -24, so people who are legally blind can get this done and have success seeing again.  Though he did also say that people who were in the range for lasik found that they preferred just doing lasik over Varisyse. 

[Anitas_Mom]

I had cataract surgery last November on both eyes.  The doctor inserted lenses when he removed the cateracts.  I was supposed to be able to see both near and far with these lenses, but currently am unable to see close up.  He has adopted a wait and see approach, waiting to see if the lenses will "settle" in better.  If not, he will use his laser to adjust my eyes so that I can see close up.  So, right now I am having trouble reading and even worse, I can't sew!!  I am hoping to have this problem taken care of in plenty of time to make some plushies for the Fair in September.  Got my fingers crossed.   

Even though my close up vision isn't quite right yet, I love not having to wear glasses.  I have worn them since I was 9 years old!  LOL, for me, that's a really loooong time. 

[Pinkie-kitty]

I've worn glasses since I was about 8. So I'd guess it's been about ten years now.

[Vintageg2]

Luckily I don't have to use either one of them (yet?)
We will see in the future 

[Leave a Whisper]

No, but I need to get glasses. My eyesight is a bit blurry these days. My mom always warned me not to read, play and watch tv in the dark. That'll teach me to ignore her.

[SkyCakes]

I have glasses and I have them since elementary school. I have really tried contacts but I couldnt get used to them. I thought about surgery but that is expensive too. :/

[Kiwi]

Glasses here - have since I was a kid. I went a few years without them in grade school, after my eye corrected some, and then went back to them in high school. I've never done contacts and won't try them - I am waaaaaaaaay too squeamish around my eyes to be able to handle putting them in. I can't even do drops properly (seriously, even the professionals have trouble getting drops in my eyes).

[Miniature Sheep]

I've had to wear glasses since I was about 13 years old, my eyesight is atrocious (both of my parents have similarly terrible vision - thanks for that, guys!) I tried contact lenses for all of about 1 minute but couldn't get my hand near my eye without freaking out so an optometrist had to take them out for me. I'm hoping to get laser surgery at some point, that is provided my eyes arent too messed up for it. Fingers crossed!

[Beldarna]

I did a correction surgery about sig months ago which is one of the best things I've ever done. I used to have contacts up till five years ago when my optician discovered a cold virus in both eyes. It never went away so I was forbidden to use contacts and was stuck with glasses which i never got comfortable with.   

[LunaMoonCustoms1212]

I haven't had to wear glasses or contacts yet, but it runs on both sides of my family.

[bluerose9978]

I had LASIK a while ago. I love it! My eyesight never was terrible. I didn't have glasses/contacts until I was in high school. But it's nice not to have to worry about it.